Combination hair brush and comb.



WI. CHHlSTlANSEN. COMBINATION HAIR BRUSH AND COMB.

Patented Aug. 29, 1916.

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Application filed January 27, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN CHRISTIAN- SEN, a subject of the King of Norway, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Bronx, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Combination Hair Brush and Comb, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a combination hairbrush and comb, in which the comb is detachable from the brush and, therefore, each may be used separately.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple, convenient and inexpensive article in which the comb is located between the bristles of the brush.

A further object of the invention is to provide an article of the class described in which the comb is automatically placed obliquely to the brush when the article is used, thus rendering the use of the article more agreeable and efficient.

With the above and other objects in View, the nature of which will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as herein baclt'," sa-ld slot being adapted to admit a fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of the application, similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of my mvention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on line 2-2, Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a transverse section on line 33, Fig. 1. V

The back 4 of the hairbru'sh is provided with a longitudinal, substantially central slot 5. The sides of the slot taper downwardly, so that the slot is wider at the upper surface ofthe back than at the lower surface thereof. The slot at the lower surface is evenly spaced from the adjacent rows of bristles 6.

Fitting into the slot 5 is a comb 7, the teeth 8 of which project through the slot to lie between the rows of bristles. has alining projections 9 at the back thereof. Said projections are rounded and are mounted to roll on bearing surfaces 10 which are depressed from the upper surface of the brush back in the ends of the slot 5.

The comb 7 is retained in the slot on its bearing surfaces by a fastener or latch 11 Specification of Letters Patent.

The comb.

Patented Aug. 29, 1916.

Serial No. 74,630.

of any suitable resilient material. The latch is preferably hinged to the back so that the comb may be removed when it is desirable to use the brush without the comb or the comb without the brush, or for any other purpose, as for exchanging a comb, or otherwise. The fastener 11 has a depressed port1on 12 which yieldingly maintains the back of the comb against either of the sloping sldes of the slot 5. The resiliency of the portlon 12 of the fastener 11 is such as to yield when the comb engages the hair and the brush is moved in the direction of the arrow at, as shown in Fig. 3. This change of position of the comb in the brush renders the article more agreeable to use. It will be noted that the tendency of the comb is always to make an obtuse angle with the direction of motion of the brush. It is self-evident that the fastener 12 may be made stiff enough to resist an automatic change of position of the comb in the brush.

I claim:

1. In an article of the class described, a brush the back of which has a longitudinal, substantially central slot the sides of which taper so that the slot is wider at the upper surface than at the lower surface of the combtherethrough from the back, bearing surfaces-at the ends of the slot depressed from theupper surface of the back and adapted to engage the ends of the comb inserted into the slot, and resilient means to retain yieldingly the comb at either side of the slot.

2. In an article of the class described, a brush the back of which has a longitudinal slot closed at the ends and tapering downwardly, said slot being adapted to receive a comb from the back of the brush, bearings on the ends of the slot, and means adapted to retain the comb in the slot on the bearings and retain the comb yieldingly against either side of the slot.

3. In an article of the class described, a brush the back of which has a slot tapering downwardly to receive a comb so that the teeth of the comb will be located between the rows of bristles of the brush, said brush presenting bearings in said slot for the ends of a comb engaged in the slot, and means for maintaining a comb in the slot on the bearings and yieldingly retain the comb against either side of the slot.

4. In an article of the class described, a

brush the back of which has a longitudinal slot the sides of which taper so that the slot is wider at the upper surface than at the lower surface of the back, said slot having bearing surfaces at the ends thereof, and resilient means secured to the back across the slot and adapted to engage the back of a comb engaged in the slot.

5. In an article of the class described, a brush having a longitudinal slot closed at the ends and tapering downwardly to receive a comb therein, andmeans adapted to engage the back of the comb to lock the comb in the slot. 

